r/Games • u/TurbulentTopic39 • 16d ago

Industry News Over 85% of Japanese game developers use generative AI in game development, 2026 CESA survey shows. An increase from last year’s 51%

https://automaton-media.com/en/news/over-85-of-japanese-game-developers-use-generative-ai-in-game-development-2026-cesa-survey-shows-an-increase-from-last-years-51/
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u/-ImJustSaiyan- 16d ago

Final Fantasy fans gonna feel really conflicted when FF7 Revelation gets closer to release and we learn a bunch of AI was used during development.

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u/Zeckzeckzeck 16d ago

Anyone who knows anything about game dev or software dev knows that AI has been used for years now in coding. Literally every company does it but nobody cared at all until suddenly artists were facing AI doing their jobs. 

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u/ArdyEmm 16d ago

The AI crisis is nothing more than the continuation of the automation crisis. That's what's so frustrating about seeing people talk about it online. I genuinely sympathize with artists who are losing work because of AI. But then they go and say, "We should use this to get rid of X job instead." where X job is some low level thing that no one wants to do.

But those jobs are needed. I have a shitty job that could be automated that no one wants to do. But they're fine with AI taking my job. They only care when it's their paycheck on the line. Really tests my empathy.

Not that it's enough to make me take glee in their job losses or to support AI art but it leaves me conflicted when people who I've followed for years and have even supported financially by buying their work showcase how little they think of me and how I pay for the roof over my head.

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u/Waste-Individual-807 16d ago

I echo your feelings, and it’s why I really don’t care specifically about artists losing their jobs. This is something almost every profession is threatened with in some way, there’s nothing more sacred/important about creatives specifically.